Test vendors to benefit from IoT wireless tech: Report

NEW DELHI: A report by Frost & Sullivan has stated that with 23 billion devices expected to be connected by 2020, Test and Measurement (T&M) products and services in the IoT wireless market are expected to experience sustained growth.

The total market stood at $168.6 million in revenues in 2015 and is expected to reach $291.9 million in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7 percent, the report said.

"In addition to accommodating all wireless standards, test vendors have to secure IoT at the service.The market is visibly moving toward software-defined architecture as well as structure-based solutions, and away from purely hardware-based systems," said Mariano Kimbara, Analyst, Frost & Sullivan.

T&M technical enhancements are aimed at facilitating high-volume production and field testing, obtaining ultra wideband signals and procuring data from several integrated wireless devices.

Vendors are also making earnest efforts to meet the demand for new testing scenarios with PC control and software defined radio Wi-Fi solutions.

These systems will cover all main wireless technologies in all stages of product life cycle including R&D, field testing, monitoring and deployment.

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